The top reported proficiency rate is 25% in Math. The lowest is 16% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Augusta High School
Augusta High School serves grades seven through twelve in the small, rural county seat of Augusta, Arkansas, a Delta town on the east bank of the White River that has been in steady population decline for decades. The school is the sole secondary campus of the Augusta School District, and its enrollment is small. Every student in the building qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a figure that reflects the economic reality of a community where median household income is low and a substantial share of residents live below the poverty line. The student body is majority Black, with a large white minority and a small number of students who identify as two or more races.
State testing results from the most recent school year show that proficiency rates in math, English language arts, and science are low across the tested grades. In seventh-grade math, roughly a third of students scored at the proficient level or above, while eighth-grade math proficiency was lower. English language arts results were similarly modest, with about one in six seventh graders and a slightly smaller share of eighth graders reaching proficiency. Science results were somewhat stronger, with more than a quarter of seventh graders and about one in five eighth graders scoring proficient or above. The school's overall proficiency index, which averages results across all tested subjects and grades, places it above the midpoint among the two districts in Woodruff County. That comparison set is very small, so the position should be read in that context.
The school serves grades seven through twelve, and the enrollment is small. The student body is majority Black, with a substantial white minority and a small number of students who identify as two or more races. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a marker of the community's economic conditions. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the records reviewed.
Augusta itself is a town in long-term population decline, having shrunk steadily from a mid-twentieth-century peak. It is a small Delta county seat with a compact historic downtown, a courthouse, and a handful of civic anchors including a national wildlife refuge headquarters. The housing market reflects the area's economic challenges: home values are well below state and national benchmarks, and the local market has seen a year-over-year decline. Rents and home prices are low relative to the rest of Arkansas, and the estimated monthly mortgage payment on a typical home is modest. The town's economic base is thin, with the school district, county government, and agriculture-related businesses as the likely largest employers.
The school itself offers no publicly reported data on course access, staffing ratios, or discipline. No information on Advanced Placement, dual credit, or career and technical education programs was available in the records reviewed. The district brief turned up no recent parent-relevant changes such as boundary adjustments, program launches, or leadership turnover. A parent considering Augusta High School will find a small, economically homogenous student body and a school that serves as the sole secondary option in a shrinking town. The academic results on state assessments are low, and a parent may want to ask the school directly about course offerings, support services, and postsecondary pathways, as those details were not captured in the available data. The graduation rate was also not reported in the records reviewed, which is a gap worth noting. The school's position relative to the other district in Woodruff County is above the midpoint on overall proficiency, but with only two districts in the comparison set, that tells a reader more about the local context than about statewide standing.
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